The History and Chronicles of Scotland PDF Download

Author: Hector Boece
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781458919106
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Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ofsindry afflictionis and plagis quhilkis fell on the Britonis, for thair iniquite and corruppit life. Of the Deith of King Eugc- nius. Ollowit, be thir civil battallis, gret mortalite and hungir, and continewit thre yens togidder amang the Britonis. Than followit incredibil plente, with mair habundance and fouth than was evir rememberit in ony time afore: throw quhilk rais uncouth lust, the pomp of all mis- cheif, amang the pepil; every ane of thaim gevin mair til riatus surfet and glutony of thair wambe, tlian to ony virtew of thair el- daris: throw quhilk thay become of sa vicious and sa corruppit life, that na pepill of gud mancris micht leif amang thaim; and nocht onely, as Sanct Bede testifyis, war the temporall estait drownit in thir vicis, bot the spretuall estait in the samin maner. This terribill pest of glutony hurt the Britonis mair in thair virtew, guddis, and glore of armis, than evir did ony swerd afore. And schortly, as the reward of glutony is, thair come on thaim sa huge mortalite, that the quik was skarsly sufficient to bury the deid. And thoucht thay war maist cruelly punist in this wise, nothir the feir of deith, nor present calamite, micht draw thaim fra thair in- hansit sinne; and thairfore thair vicis, in quhilkis thay war drownit sa miserably, was occasioun that thay war, efter, conquest be the Saxonis, and tint baith thair riall majeste and crown, with sic dis- plesoure, that thay micht nevir recover agane thair anciant ho- nouris. Quhill Britane was in sic trubill, the Scottis and Fichtis wer in gud peace, gevand thair attendance, efter sa lang wens, to decore thaimself in riches, faith, and honest institutionis: and iraif thankis chapter{Section 4micht nothir defend thaimself, nor invade thair nichtbouris; and, thairfore, traistit all th...